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From Tlahtocayotl to Gobernadoryotl

A critical examination of indigenous rule in 18th-century central Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID2467212
AuthorsArij Ouweneel (Latin American Institute, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume22
Issue4
Pages756-785
Publication date1995-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.1995.22.4.02a00060
OpenAlexW2084160420
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited28

My central argument in this article is that the pueblo de indios of 18th-century central Mexican highlands should be seen as the continuation of pre-Hispanic indigenous landed estates. The pueblos were highly stratified entities and were ruled by a small elite of families, usually referred to as caciques. The local level elite either traced descent from the pre-Hispanic nobility or had taken the place of that nobility by acquiring parts of early post-conquest grants in which pre-Hispanic demesnes were recognized. Consequently, Spanish institutions might have changed the form but not the basic substance of indigenous forms of lordship

Ancient history · Argument (complex analysis · Central Highlands · CONQUEST · Elite · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Nobility · Political science · Politics · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American history and culture · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America

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Unique citing works15
Citations per year0,5
Citation span1996 - 2020 (25)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 15
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